Improvement in boxes for steaming barrel-hoops



JAMES L. GAGE.

lmprgv ement in Box for Steaming Barrel-Hoops.

126,047. Patented Ap ril23,1872.

fiz'inesae; Xmmemkwv UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES L. GAGE, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO JAMES TOM- LINSON AND HARRIETT M. GAGE.

IMPROVEMENT IN BOXES FOR STEAMING BARREL-HOOPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No.126,047, dated April 23, 1872; antedated April 11, 1872.

SPECIFICATION.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, JAMES LORENZO GAGE, of the city of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Box for Steamin g BarreLHoops; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing making part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a longitudinal section.

a The nature of my invention will be understood from the drawing and specifications.

In steaming hoops to be coiled it is necessary and convenient to have a steaming-box made in two compartments and so arranged that some hoops can be steamed while others are being taken out by a boy to be put into the coiler or bender; and when all are taken out of the one compartment, those that are steamed may be brought into a place so as to be directly in front of the coiler.

A is a box of suitable dimensions to hold double the quantity of hoops to be steamed. The box is divided into two compartments by rods D passing transversely through it. B is a cover, which is opened when the hoops are placed in the box. 0 is a door in one end through which the hoops are taken out.

The operation of this steaming-box is as follows: The rods D are taken out and the cover B raised and the box filled up to the holes for rods D. The rods D are then inserted and the space above them is filled. The cover B and door 0 are closed. As soon as the lower hoops are steamed the operator takes them out and puts them one by one into the coiler, which stands close in'front of the box at the door end. As soon as all are taken out 'of the lower division the rods D are withdrawn and the hoops (in the mean time steamed) fall down into the lower division, and no time is lost in can be brought in front of the coiler; or it can be made so the compartments will be alongside of each other and the box move laterally, so that the compartments will be in front of the coiler. In this case the steam-pipe would be made flexible.

I claim as my invention- The box A for steaming hoops, divided into two compartments by aremovable support, D, and having doors or openings B and 0, one for the induction and the other for the eduction of the material, whereby the action of steaming is continuous, as set forth.

JAS. LORENZO GAGE.

Witnesses:

HENRY E. WHITE, CHARLES ENGLEHARDT. 

